Educational
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville
- Botanical Name Derivations
- Botanical Society of America
- BudBurst
- Calflora.net
- Consumer Notice – Paraquat
- Consumer Notice – Roundup Alternatives
- Cullowhee Native Plant Conference
- Definitions and Abbreviations of Botanical Terms
- Drawing Flowers: Botanical Art and Illustration
- Featured Creatures
- Flower Terminology
- Garden Club of Weaverville
- Glyphosate. What You Need to Know
- Herbarium World
- Highlands Biological Station
- ILLUSTRATED GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS
- Introduction to Bryophytes
- NC Tree Identification
- North Carolina Arboretum
- North Carolina Forest Service Publications
- Progression of Blooms to Support Pollinators in WNC
- Roundup Weed Killer. Is it Safe to Use?
- South Carolina Botanical Garden
- Southern Highlands Reserve
- Species plantarum – Caroli Linnaei
- Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Spring Wildflowers of the Mid-Atlantic
- Teaching Key to Asters
- The Annotated Flora by Ken Moore Flora Columnist
- The Biota of North America Program – North American Vascular Flora
- The Names of Plants by David Gledhill
- Transylvania County Extension Master Gardeners
- United Plant Savers
- University of Tennessee Vascular Plant Herbarium
Hiking Trail and Parks Information
- Blue Ridge Parkway Hiking Trailheads
- Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost Guide
- Blue Ridge Parkway Road Closure Information
- Buck Spring Nature Trail Brochure
- Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
- DuPont State Recreational Forest
- Friends of Collier Cove
- Friends of the Oklawaha Greenway
- Gorges State Park
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- History of Rattlesnake Lodge
- Holmes Educational State Forest
- Kellogg Conference Center
- Nantahala National Forest
- National Forests of North Carolina
- NC State Parks
- Nine Times Preserve
- Pearson's Falls
- Pisgah National Forest
- SC Trails
Native Plant Societies
- American Chestnut Federation
- American Fern Society
- Arkansas Native Plant Society
- Azalea Society of America
- Botanical Society of America
- Connecticut Botanical Society
- Georgia Botanical Society
- Georgia Native Plant Society (GNPS)
- Kentucky Native Plant Society
- North Carolina Native Plant Society
- North Carolina Native Plant Society – Western Chapter
- South Carolina Native Plant Society (SCNPS)
- Southern Appalachian Botanical Society (SABS)
- Southern Appalachian Plant Society (SAPS)
Other Resources
- A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests
- Bee City USA
- Bullington Gardens
- Hatcher Garden
- Henderson County Public Schools
- ITIS, the Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- Monarch Joint Venture
- Monarch Watch.org
- NC Plant Conservation Program Preserves
- NCDOT Travel Information
- Plants of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- The Meaning of Latin Plant Names
- The Wild Gardener
- US Forest Service's Celebrating Wildflower site
- Xerces Society
Photography and blogs
Plant Identification
- Backyard Tree Identification Guide
- Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Volume 1
- Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Volume 2
- Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Volume 3
- Carolina Nature
- Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora
- Discover Life .org
- East Coast Native Azaleas
- Field Guide to the Southern Piedmont
- Flora and Fauna of the Mid-Atlantic States
- Flora of North America
- Go Botany
- Go Orchids
- Holmes Trillium Garden
- iNaturalist.org
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Missouri Flora
- Name That Plant .net
- National Wetland Plant List
- Native Thistles
- Nature Gate
- NC State Cooperative Extension
- NC Tree Identification
- Ohio Plants.org
- Pl@ntNet
- SERNEC (SouthEast Regional Network of Expertise and Collections)
- Southeastern Flora
- Teaching Key to Asters
- USDA Plants Database
- Vascular Plants of North Carolina
- Virginia Tech Dendrology Factsheets
- Weakley's Flora for mobile – Part 1
- Weakley's Flora for mobile – Part 2
- Weakley's Flora for mobile – Part 3
- Weakley's Flora for mobile – Part 4
- Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern United States 2023
- Weed Herbarium
- Wild Gingers, Hexastylis and Asarum, in North Carolina
- Wildflower Search
- Wildflowers of the United States
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Monthly Archives: December 2023
Know Your Plants – Plant Names That Include Appalachian Mountain Locations
This week’s post is plants in our database with names that include Appalachian Mountain locations. Guess what, they are all native to North America! Enjoy the pictures & see how many of these you know. Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, David … Continue reading
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Tagged Ferns, North Carolina, Plant Identification, South Carolina, Trees, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Know Your Plants – Plants Named After Other North American States or Provinces
We already saw plants named after the Carolinas and Virginia. This week’s post is plants in our database with names that include other North American states or provinces (although “Florid..” actually means “blooming”, not “from Florida”). All are native to … Continue reading
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Tagged Ferns, labrador, maryland, new jersey, new york, ontario, pennsylvania, Plant Identification, Tennessee, Trees, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Know Your Plants – Plants Named After Virginia
We already saw plants named after the Carolinas. This week’s post is plants in our database named after Virginia. All are native to North America. Enjoy the pictures & see how many of these you know. Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Ridge Parkway, Ferns, Hiking, North Carolina, Pisgah National Forest, Plant Identification, Trees, virginia, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Know Your Plants – Plants Named After the Carolinas
This week’s post is plants in our database named after the Carolinas. All are native to North America. Enjoy the pictures & see how many of these you know. Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Daudie Colson, Richard Holzman, Betty Jones, Penny … Continue reading
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Tagged Ferns, North Carolina, Plant Identification, South Carolina, Trees, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Know Your Plants – Plants Named After Foreign Lands
This week’s post is plants in our database with names that refer to countries or locations outside North America. However, despite their names, some are native to North America! The non-native plants are are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed … Continue reading
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Tagged Non-native Plants, Plant Identification, Trees, WCBC, Wildflowers
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